HuwsTube (13.06.2026)
George R R Martin wrote “Game Of Thrones” in WordStar 4, a word processor dating from the 1980s. Robert J Sawyer wrote “FlashForward” and all his other science fiction novels using WordStar 7, which runs under the DOS operating system. Why do successful, professional authors continue to use old, outdated word processors?
In this video, I give a few thoughts on the attraction of WordStar, WordPerfect and other old word processing programs. And I also give a brief history of PC word processors before Windows.
Download WordStar ready-to-run in DosBox-X fro Robert J Sawyer’s site here: https://www.sfwriter.com/ws7.htm
Huw Collingbourne is a writer and programmer. For many years he wrote the Rants & Raves column in Computer Shopper and then in PC Plus magazine.